Alnwick Camping Jubilee
Weekend
On
the 1st June five of us went to Alnwick in Northumberland; Jackie & Mark, Brian
& Ursula and myself. On the Friday night
we all had fish & chips from the van which was on the Caravan & Camping
Club site at Dunstan Hill, Alnwick which was very tasty.
On
the Saturday morning we decided to walk to Seahouses and catch the bus back. We set off from the campsite heading to the coast,
walked along the beach then the path and along the next beach (Jackie said
there were 5 beaches on the way to Seahouses).
We had a well deserved rest at Beadnell where we found two bench's for
us all to sit on while having our lunch.
The
next stop was Seahouses where we decided to go into the pub until the bus was due;
suitably refreshed we caught the bus back to the campsite. On the Saturday night we had a barbecue.
Sunday
morning we all set off about 10.30am in Mark's car heading north up to
Lindisfarne (Holy Island) knowing we had to get to the island before 12.10pm as
it would be to deep to go. Everything
went ok and we managed to get across while the tide was low. We then parked up
and set off walking round the island, having a stop for lunch and spotting two
seals in the sea bobbing up & down.
It was warm and on the way back to the car and we stopped at a café. On returning to the car it was about 5pm but
the tide table said it would be safe to cross at 6.15. Therefore, after seeing a few cars heading to
the crossing point we decided to follow on.
Getting nearer we could see the cars queuing up, then saw some 4x4's
that had come across from the mainland but because they were higher off the
ground than our car we waited until a car similar to ours came across, then we
crossed.
We
then drove straight to Alnwick centre and went to an Indian
restaurant for a curry.
On
Monday we were given cardboard crowns to put on by the warden as there was a
competition between other sites for the Guinness book of records on who could
get the most people wearing crowns, I think our site had about 300.
On
Monday we walked to Craster and back via Dunsburgh Castle. We all said the weekend had come up to our
expectations with good food and good company.
Thanks
to Jackie & Mark for organising it.
Steve.
